1.Definition of Shop Workers- According to the revised Minimum Wages and Conditions of Employment Act (Cap.276), Shop Workers are casual employees, part-time employees, employees with oral or written, express or implied contracts of service who are employed in any shop or in connection with the business of any shop in Zambia. Shop Workers are specifically catered for by Statutory Instrument (SI) 1 of 2011 that governs Wages and Conditions of Employment for the Shop Worker.

2.Covered of Shop Workers Order- The Order applies to casual employees, part-time employees, employees with oral or written, express or implied contracts of service who are employed in any shop or in connection with the business of any shop in Zambia.

3.Shop Workers Order does not apply to the following categories of employees:• Employees who are employed as an apprentice (as defined under the Employment Act)• Employees who work for or in connection with the motor trade or petroleum industry• Employees who work for non-profit / charitable bazaars or organisation that sell work • Employees who hawk or print newspapers, run coffee stores, hold a hawker’s license • Employees who sell / hawk produce on behalf of a bona fide farmer or market gardener• Employees who manufacture bread or bread stuff• Employees who receive store or treat fresh milk products, fish, meat, poultry, game, fruit or other perishable foodstuffs • Employees who deliver ice to hospitals and nursing institutions during the day or at night,• Employees who sell before midnight programmes, catalogues or refreshments in theatres, concert halls or other places of amusement during any performance • Employees who undergo collective bargaining (unionised workers)• Employees with a specific employment contract attested by the Ministry of Labour • Employees in management positions (as defined under the Industrial Relations Act)

Monthly Minimum Wages and Allowances for General Workers

As of January 2011, qualifying employees separated into five main categories are guaranteed following monthly minimum wages and allowances

*There seem to be an anomaly here as the per hour wage sums to a much higher monthly figure than K419, 000 considering the 48 working hours per week.

1. Coverage of Minimum Wages and Conditions of Employment (General) Order 2010/2011 - The order governs wages and conditions of employment for the general worker (note that shopkeepers are governed under a separate Statutory Instrument, No. 1 of 2010).

2.The Minimum Wages and Conditions of Employment Act applies to all employees (including casual workers) in Zambia, but do not apply to the following categories of employees:• Employees of the Government of the Republic of Zambia• Employees of local authority• Employees who undergo collective bargaining (unionized workers)• Employees in management positions (as defined under the Industrial Relations Act)• Employees in a sector for which the Minister, by statutory instrument, has prescribed the minimum wage.

As per the new law for Domestic Workers the Minimum Wages and Conditions of Employment (Domestic Workers) Order 2010 has been introduced for the first time. Domestic workers were not catered for in the old Act and their wages were determined by employers. The new order sets out the New Minimum Wage and Conditions of Employment for Domestic Workers.

Minimum wages of domestic workers is based on 48 work hours per week.

Domestic workers are eligible for separation package and transport allowance